The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-06
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New York !. full ~ people VINO seem 70
have been born with q -tuu pm IN one hand
md a grievance in the other. For the sake
n conrenienc. they have divided themselves
into two departments. one operating on the
pre.. ~ the cifv and the other on TOE mayor.
some have plans ~ suggest for the adj
vsnaepen, OF our race Others desire a
,hsnce 70 solve the great problem OF legisa,-
ing one mans money into another mans
pocs.t wlt ont pain One man writes 70
Mavor Hewitt That America viii certainly
be plunged mo srnica 50 long as we have
felony ON every hand A woman writes 10
the MAYOR 10 ask him II he has seen anything
~ nor iruant husband. Said husband was
last seen listening 10 a voice Of a ,affy haired
.iran ami if T.. feared that he has wandered
og dog,u .bo broai road that leads 10 Yuba
Dam. Cal
The following explains itself
NEW YORK. Sept 81. 1881
Nj. A. Hewitt. Mayor Of Y Y.
EsrrtvED SIR. How long are you going 10
fool r,,h .nkompvfant Drugiste ana Pothe-
ker~fTnc men that runs Drug Stores ana soda
Oaf., Fountains in this Town Is above their
bizues. and got the swel-hed Last week hed
The misfortune 20 get a small Gunpie IN the
mouth n one Of my dear ones and sent the
following lr,~cIip-hun TO our Drug store;
SIR Plea, send , sents tincher mire 2
wrench "a Persons mouth IN
The Drugs. who . a white liver Chuinp'
wrote hacs hat he was not In the wrench
hizne,.. he l. = low thing that don't know
nothing hut 10 put Red Eve into Sody at so
much Der wink. will come down 10 your
O. lace and tell YOU who he is II you Wish, aud
we will mock him silly with his loud smelling
stoar and blue ma pills till yOn cant rest
Once | roat him for . .ents fetty fer
stummick a. he roat back that he did not 10
what | sbood 90 p%rowliu around a drug stoar
for when all I needed wasa spelin scooi t"ic"
a dev tl releaved. wisht you'd male
him and iirk his licens away from him
and give them 10 IA more verify man & alb
ldge Your. truly. 4 PORTER HOUSE.
Dictated letter.
SARAHCUsE, y. y, Sept the 18th. 49,.
M. Abraham y. Hughitt, mayor of View
YORK city.
SIR. ! am the p%atentee Of and devisor II a
new red fire escape. 10 which ! desire 70 call
the attention Of your city. II is a method 10y
which a fire can escape quicker and more
satisfactory than by all other fire devices COM
bineI il combines comfort, speed and dura-
bilirv. and is ALWAYS within the reach Of the
consumer. Il like 20 light up a busi 'e,s letter
with pleasantly
Mv 49,. o.. ape combines the qualities or the
e'c.ladleg. the clothes line and the squirt u
Won ao not $40 eel with the ladder or the
squirt meihoi You can suspend yourself from
the window bv the line. and when the upper
~nd OF tu. .lle burns OF you will descend 70
ftc ground This is a simple method. and the
us,or of Sarah use -ay, that simplicity D. no
uamc Tor it. I would give You other te~ti-
~ ial. hut space forbids
NJ fire ESCAPE does not occupy much room
ST q .o'el and is always willing Goo share ITS
roon. vfh any guest OF the house lf comes
IN iet. with black stripes, or boz lavender,
with violet nubs ON the end for those who de-
sire "a fire escape that viii look well when
lighted up. A young woman who lived IN
Coho s.. With no preparation arose, -kun
dovnt this escape IN a gOssamer cape ana had
70 buy mostly new clothes Most every one
looks well in our lavender fire e~'ape, and
those vino have tried 30 say they would rather
perish by this escape than 70 meshder down
an uutidy and 81 flirting device made up Of
last seasons shades.
Remember, lempioy no agents hut furnish
nv fire escapes directly 70 the consumer
Yours frsternsly. p + MrLLARIA.
Pateutee.
Fictitious names, Of course, have been sub
.tituted IN each instance above. So fnere Il
feailv no violation Of confidence m printing
he letters. especially As they are oi g more
~ less public nature and Of general interest
% every taxpayer Some Of these letters be-
ray slight dash Of uumor, while others are
.oaked full Of patbos. They are al.o uoticea-
Die for their scope, many Of them being al
most full Of scope. while all OF them manifest
a general desire 10 make the mayor OF New
York earn his salary-New York World.